Where does “multimetastatic” come from?
multimetastatic (English) comes from English metastatic, from French métastatique, from French statique, from New Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός, from Ancient Greek ἵστημι, from Proto-Hellenic hístāmi, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti — to stand.
multimetastatic (English): Related to, or producing multimetastasis
Definitions
- Related to, or producing multimetastasis
Ancestry of “multimetastatic”, step by step
multimetastatic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English metastatic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metastatic | Relating to, or producing metastasis |
| 2 | French | métastatique | metastatic |
| 3 | French | statique | static |
| 4 | New Latin | staticus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στατικός | causing to stand, coming to a standstill, rest |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἵστημι | to make to stand, to stand, set; to stop, stay,... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hístāmi | to stand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
via English multi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 2 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 3 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 4 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 5 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 6 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |